Volume control on keyboard not working?

I have an HP Pavillion dv7-3165dx Entertainment Notebook. The volume control on the keyboard is not working anymore. How do I turn it back on?

Hi,
Try downloading and installing the latest driver from HP on the link below - this may be the same one applied by HPSA, but try installing it again.
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp52501-53000/sp52790.exe
After the installation has completed, restart the notebook.
If the above fails to solve the issue, try reinstalling Quick Launch Buttons from the installer on the following link.
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp53001-53500/sp53135.exe
Again, restart after the installation has completed.
Regards,
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I can control backlight of my display via ACPI; I wrote a simple script for it:
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MAX=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness`
ACT=`cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness`
MIN=0
STEPS=10
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if [ $1 == "+" ]; then
if [ $((ACT+STEP)) -le $MAX ]; then
echo $((ACT+STEP)) > $DEV
fi
elif [ $1 == "-" ]; then
if [ $((ACT-STEP)) -ge $MIN ]; then
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pabre ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/brightness.sh,/usr/bin/pacman -Sy
And it works like a charm, when run from a terminal:
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So, my next step was to bind that script to appropriate keys on my keyboard (Fn + UP/DOWN - which are XF86MonBrightnessUp and XF86MonBrightnessDown)
My window manager is Awesome, so I put to the config:
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awful.key({ }, "XF86MonBrightnessDown", function () awful.util.spawn("sudo /usr/local/sbin/brightness.sh -") end),
among others like touchpad toggling, volume control, etc (which are working without issues)
And now, guess what... Those keys fire that script, change the brightness and after second or less - it comes back to old value! You can see that display blinks (for example gets brighter and moment after - it goes back to previous state).
I tried to debug it, putting to the script something like:
if [ $1 == "+" ]; then
if [ $((ACT+STEP)) -le $MAX ]; then
echo $((ACT+STEP)) > $DEV
cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness >> /tmp/br.log
sleep 1
cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness >> /tmp/br.log
fi
And the first entry was that what it was supposed to be, while te other (second after) Was again the old value.
Does anybody have any idea what "reverts" my changes to the /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness and why it works without issues when simply run from a terminal?
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I think that I've found partial answer.
When I changed key binds to another keys - it works!
But even then, when I press XF86MonBrightnessUp or XF86MonBrightnessDown, the brightness level gets reset. And now they are not bind to anything (at last not explicit).
So it looks that I have to found how to decouple the internal, not working as expected, bind to these keys.

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Hi gnobel,
Welcome to the HP Forums! I understand that your volume button is stuck and will not slide. I will try my best to help you with this issue. I suggest Performing a Hard Reset or Forced Reset on the Notebook. I also suggest Downloading or Updating Software and Drivers for HP Computers.
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Thank you,
I worked on behalf of HP.

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